Alerces Park Fishing Lodge in Patagonia, Argentina is located
about two hours from Esquel and four hours from Bariloche,
Argentina. Alerces Park has five major lakes, three main
rivers and two spring creeks, all with big strong brown
and rainbow trout. From one central location our guides
will boat to a different place each day. The lodge prepares
a great lunch and if the weather is not that great we will
come in for lunch. If you are not into wading, we
have jet boats that can put you on to the fish. We float
the rivers and cast along the lake edges. This can produce
a lot of good trout.

The
Fish

More fish per day in the 18-22 inches size are caught at
Alerces than at the Yelcho in Chile.
It can be difficult to catch a fish in the Alerces Park
smaller than 18 inches and just as difficult to take one
bigger than 26 inches.

At the Alerces Park you not only have have three main rivers
and five lakes but a spring creek loaded with rainbow and
brown trout. This spring creek has large fish, but you have
to be a good nymph fisherman and learn a different way of
angling to catch them. It is very close up angling and the
trout range from 18-29 inches. On lake Menendez the dry
fly fishing is outstanding and you can expect to catch from
30 to 40 fish all over 20 inches and up to 26. The big ones
are browns.

When you travel to the Alerces Park in Argentina, you will
embrace the natural beauty of the park. It gives you a feeling
of inner peace that we all seek and need in our lives. From
the high mountain glaciers, come the pure cold water that
is so needed by all creatures who habitat these areas
and especially our friend the trout.

The slow melting snow assures there will be water at a rate
to enhance and maintain the normal needed level of rivers
or lakes in the valleys below. Patagonia Adventures have
been guiding these waters for 20 years. This is great place
to fish. The abundance of large trout can keep an angling
enthusiasts busy until nightfall.

From Buenos Aires fly to Esquel (flight time 2 hours) your
guide will greet you at the airport and drive two hours
to Alerces Park. From the San Carlos de Bariloche airport
your guide will greet you and drive 4 hours through the
village of El Bolson and onto Alerces Park. The
drive is two hours from Alto Puelo Lodge and from Rio

Yelcho Lodge the drive time
through the Andes Mountains is five hours. Contact us for
more information about this beautiful place and the great
fly fishing at Alerces Park.